My wife's computer is really getting slow. I have unchecked some items in msconfig startup but am unsure of of some others. I know it is a log to ask but can someone look at the following list and give me some tips? I haven't included the entire description following the program, hopefully just enough to give you an idea.

Most of the links provided state that the software will list startup programs so you can remove "unecessary" programs but how do you know which ones are unecessary? The bottom link (bleeping computer) did list a few undesirable and some to keep but then if you don't uncheck them from msconfig how do you keep them from running on startup?

Also, you said not to change anything in msconfig but to use the services console. I don't know what that is. Can you point me in the right direction?

Most of the links provided state that the software will list startup programs so you can remove "unecessary" programs but how do you know which ones are unecessary? The bottom link (bleeping computer) did list a few undesirable and some to keep but then if you don't uncheck them from msconfig how do you keep them from running on startup?

Also, you said not to change anything in msconfig but to use the services console. I don't know what that is. Can you point me in the right direction?

"Unnecessary" may be a poor choice of words. It is up to you to decide which are necessary beyond those needed to run Windows. That is why I gave you links to startup programs so you could look them up and decide.

You control services by going to Control Panel > Admin Tools > Services, or going to the Run box: services.msc (Just FYI: Services do not use CPU or "resources" unless they are performing a function. You will gain next to nothing, unless short of RAM, by disabling any of them. You may lose functionality instead. Black Viper's "tweaks" are useless. Testing with benchmarking software showed no difference whatsoever on my machine with all services started or the maximum disabled according to his advice, again, if you have plenty of RAM, which is the only thing disabling services will save you.)

My wife's computer is really getting slow. I have unchecked some items in msconfig startup but am unsure of of some others. I know it is a log to ask but can someone look at the following list and give me some tips? I haven't included the entire description following the program, hopefully just enough to give you an idea.

"Unnecessary" may be a poor choice of words. It is up to you to decide which are necessary beyond those needed to run Windows. That is why I gave you links to startup programs so you could look them up and decide.

You control services by going to Control Panel > Admin Tools > Services, or going to the Run box: services.msc (Just FYI: Services do not use CPU or "resources" unless they are performing a function. You will gain next to nothing, unless short of RAM, by disabling any of them. You may lose functionality instead. Black Viper's "tweaks" are useless. Testing with benchmarking software showed no difference whatsoever on my machine with all services started or the maximum disabled according to his advice, again, if you have plenty of RAM, which is the only thing disabling services will save you.)

One of the things that I disagree with at the BlackViper site is disabling services.

It's safer setting those services to Manual so they can start, if needed.

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